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Tomokazu Souma

Associate Professor in Medicine
Medicine, Nephrology

Selected Grants


Identification of Host-Specific Determinants of APOL1-associated COVAN

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

TRIO NRSA Training Core-Pre Doc Trainee

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2028

U2C/TL1 NC KUH TRIO Administrative Core

ResearchPreceptor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2028

Ferroptosis and Ferroptotic Stress in Maladaptive Renal Repair - R01

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2023 - 2028

Tissue-Specific Regulation and Effects of CYP24A1

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2027

Porcupine protects the kidney by suppressing tubular inflammation and preserving mitochondrial integrity

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2023 - 2026

Novel mechanisms underlying improved ischemic tolerance of female kidneys

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2024 - 2025

R01: Targeting Renal Tubular Epithelial Progenitors in AKI to CKD transition

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Targeting anti-ferroptotic pathways to prevent the AKI-to-CKD transition

FellowshipCo-Mentor · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2020 - 2021

Elucidating molecular mechanisms of maladaptive renal repair

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Northwestern University · 2020 - 2021

Harnessing Antioxidative Stress Pathways in Renal Epithelial Progenitors to Prevent AKI-to-CKD Transition

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by ASN Foundation for Kidney Research · 2019 - 2020

Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiac Injury Induced by FGF23 in the Settings of High Phosphate Diet and CKD

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Northwestern University · 2016 - 2020